Sanford Street repairs begin in Vermilion

VERMILION — One of Vermilion’s bumpiest streets is being smoothed out this summer.

On June 9, crews began the reconstruction of Sanford Street, one of the main roads leading back into Vermilion’s Valley View neighborhood. It also is a main route heading south between the residential streets south of Liberty Avenue and Vermilion High School.

“You know how heavily traveled that is — it’s going to be a struggle,” Mayor Eileen Bulan said about the project.

The road appears to have been built in the early 1960s and apparently has never been replaced, Bulan said.

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The project will cost $713,537 and the job was awarded to Herk Excavating Inc. of Vermilion.

The reconstruction includes removing the road and its base, preparing the ground, installing concrete curbs and gutters, installing underdrains and catch basins and putting down the final layer of asphalt pavement.

The project will be broken up into two main phases, with the first starting in the area between Hollyview Drive and Timberview Drive. It will affect residents with addresses 1406 to 1550 Sanford St. and two residences on Mapleview and Hollyview drives.

The roadway and driveway replacements will be June 17 to July 7 and only northbound traffic will be allowed between Hollyview and Timberview drives.

The second phase will be between Timberview and Larchmont drives, affecting homes at addresses 1094 to 1394 Sanford St. The roadway and driveway construction will be July 9 to Aug. 29, and traffic flow will be restricted to southbound only between Timberview and Larchmont drives.

Residents will get temporary mailboxes with those on the east side of the road in phase one and on the west side in phase two. Residents also should put garbage cans out on the same side of the road as the temporary mailboxes.

The contractual completion date is Oct. 31.

The pavement work is not expected to cause any traffic congestion for the annual Festival of the Fish scheduled for June 13 to 15 in the city.

The work comes in response to Vermilion voters approving a roadway maintenance and repair income tax increase in May 2013.

West River Road also is being resurfaced this year, with the city paying $55,023 and the Ohio Department of Transportation providing 80 percent of the project cost up to $527,714 for the job. The contractor will be K.E. McCartney & Associates Inc. of Mansfield.